linear regression
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linear regression
A statistical method defined by the formula y = mx = b which is used to "best-fit" straight lines to scattered data points of paired values Xi, Yi, where the values of Y—the ordinate or vertical line—are “observations” or values of a variable (e.g., systolic blood pressure) and the values of X—the abscissa or horizontal line—increased in a relatively nonrandom fashion (e.g., age). Linear regression is a parametric procedure for determining the relationship between one or more (multiple) continuous or categorical predictor (or independent) variables and a continuous outcome (or dependent) variable.In the equation y = mx = b:
m = slope
b = y - intercept
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linear regression
Statistics A statistical method defined by the formula y = a + bx, which is used to 'fit' straight lines to scattered data points of paired values Xi, Yi, where the values of Y–the ordinate or vertical line are observations of a variable–eg, systolic BP and the values of X–the abscissa or horizontal line ↑ in a relatively nonrandom fashion–eg, ageMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
linear regression
A statistical method of predicting the value of one variable, given the other, in a situation in which a CORRELATION is known to be significant. The equation is y = a + bx in which x and y are, respectively, the independent and dependent variables and a and b are constants. This is an equation for a straight line.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005